FPL defensive contributions

FPL Defensive Contributions (DEFCON)

Every DEF/MID ranked by actual defensive contribution (DEFCON) points earned this season (2 pts for crossing the per-match qualifying-actions threshold) — filter by ownership to separate the household names from the ones nobody's picking up on.

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Position:All DEF MID

Team:All ARS AVL BHA BOU BRE CHE COV CRY EVE FUL HUL IPS LEE LIV MCI MUN NEW NFO SUN TOT

Ownership:All Under 5%Under 15%Under 30%

#	Player	Team	Pos
1	Richards	CRY	DEF	£4.9m	0.5%	14	1.40	27
2	Muharemović	LEE	DEF	£5.1m	6.5%	14	1.40	56
3	Murillo	NFO	DEF	£5.5m	2.0%	14	1.40	35
4	Silva	BOU	DEF	£5.1m	3.7%	14	1.40	40
5	Hill	BOU	DEF	£5.6m	3.1%	12	1.20	42
6	Pinnock	COV	DEF	£4.5m	0.1%	12	1.48	28
7	Virgil	LIV	DEF	£6.4m	14.8%	12	1.20	43
8	Mainoo	MUN	MID	£5.5m	1.1%	12	1.91	30
9	Palacios	IPS	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	12	1.63	27
10	Ajer	BRE	DEF	£4.5m	4.0%	10	1.00	42
11	Janelt	BRE	MID	£5.0m	1.6%	10	1.11	37
12	Thomas	COV	DEF	£4.0m	7.3%	10	1.33	32
13	Branthwaite	EVE	DEF	£5.5m	2.2%	10	1.13	43
14	Diop	IPS	DEF	£3.9m	9.8%	10	1.00	21
15	Egan	HUL	DEF	£4.1m	6.6%	10	1.07	38
16	Jacquet	LIV	DEF	£5.1m	4.7%	10	1.04	44
17	Botman	NEW	DEF	£5.0m	0.7%	10	1.43	26
18	Mukiele	SUN	DEF	£5.3m	1.4%	10	1.32	29
19	Schlager	NFO	MID	£5.0m	0.1%	10	1.19	31
20	Mendy	HUL	DEF	£4.1m	4.5%	10	1.73	34
21	Kamara	AVL	MID	£5.0m	0.4%	8	0.82	34
22	Adams	BOU	MID	£5.0m	0.3%	8	0.99	26
23	Van Hecke	TOT	DEF	£5.1m	14.8%	8	0.80	57
24	Disasi	CRY	DEF	£4.4m	0.1%	8	1.76	10
25	Lacroix	CHE	DEF	£5.8m	4.5%	8	1.14	24
26	Ampadu	LEE	MID	£5.3m	0.7%	8	0.80	31
27	McAtee	NFO	MID	£5.5m	0.1%	8	0.86	27
28	Vuskovic	BHA	DEF	£5.3m	9.5%	8	0.81	70
29	M.Sangaré	BRE	MID	£5.4m	5.8%	8	1.17	32
30	Araujo	LIV	DEF	£5.5m	4.5%	8	1.09	44
31	Affengruber	FUL	DEF	£4.5m	0.6%	8	1.14	32
32	Lindelöf	AVL	DEF	£4.5m	0.6%	6	0.60	26
33	Tielemans	MUN	MID	£5.6m	1.2%	6	0.83	31
34	Schuster	BRE	DEF	£4.5m	0.4%	6	1.81	22
35	van Ewijk	COV	DEF	£3.9m	6.9%	6	0.67	20
36	Canvot	CRY	DEF	£4.8m	0.2%	6	0.75	15
37	Mykolenko	EVE	DEF	£4.6m	2.5%	6	0.68	42
38	Garner	EVE	MID	£6.0m	0.2%	6	0.69	25
39	Bassey	FUL	DEF	£4.5m	1.3%	6	0.60	36
40	O'Shea	IPS	DEF	£4.0m	2.8%	6	0.60	28

40 DEF/MID have already hit the DEFCON threshold in Gameweek 10.

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What are Defensive Contributions (DEFCON) in FPL?

Defensive Contribution (DEFCON) is a scoring category introduced for the 2025/26 season: 2 points for crossing a per-match threshold of defensive actions. Defenders need 10 combined clearances, blocks, interceptions and tackles (CBIT) in a match; midfielders and forwards need 12, and for them ball recoveries count towards the total as well as CBIT.

It rewards defensive work that used to earn nothing in FPL — a centre-back who doesn't score or keep a clean sheet but puts in a heavy defensive shift can still return points. The threshold resets every match, there's no partial credit below it and no bonus above it, so going 20/10 scores the same 2 points as going 10/10.

The table above shows DEFCON points earned so far this season, from real per-gameweek data. For who's on track to hit the threshold in the matches happening right now, see the live DEFCON tracker once a gameweek is underway.

More on DEFCON: the best DEFCON defenders to pick and the midfielders who earn DEFCON and attacking points.